different between urbanity vs elegance

English

Etymology

urban +? -ity, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbanitas, from urbanus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???bæn.?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??bæn.?.ti/

Noun

urbanity (countable and uncountable, plural urbanities)

1. Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
   • 1825, Washington Irving, "Paris at the Restoration", The Crayon Papers,

     The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days [...]
2. What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.
   • 1955, C.J. Lammers, Studies in Holland Flood Disaster 1953, vol. 2, p. 39:

     [...], the majority of cases will differ as to "urbanity", as most of the evacuees were rural.

   • 1956, Fred C. Iklé & Harry V. Kincaid, "Social Aspects of Wartime Evacuation of American Cities", Disaster Study, vol 4., p. 44:

     Evacuees, the majority of whom were rural persons, reported more tensions as the urbanity of the reception community increased

Antonyms

• rurality

Translations

Anagrams

• Tyburnia

English

Etymology

From Middle French élégance, from Latin ?legantia (“exquisiteness; refinement, elegance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.?.??ns/
• Hyphenation: el?e?gance

Noun

elegance (usually uncountable, plural elegances)

1. Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners.

2. Restraint and grace of style.

3. The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.

4. (countable, dated) A refinement or luxury.

Related terms

• elegant

Translations

Czech

Noun

elegance f

1. elegance

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